Why voters in Egypt stayed at home despite revolution

17 June 2012 Last updated at 17:44 ET Help

Voting has ended in Egypt to elect the first president since Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office last year.

Despite the revolution, many voters have now decided to stay at home unimpressed by the choice of either a former Prime Minister to Mr Mubarak Ahmed Shafiq or the Islamist candidate Mohammed Mursi.

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from Cairo.

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